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    A coalition of the wise: Hamoudi luckiest candidate for the post of First Deputy Speaker of Parliament

    Fri Jul 11 2014 12:02 | (Voice of Iraq)

    long-Presse / Baghdad

    Confirmed coalition citizen, on Friday, the leader of the coalition, Hamoudi is the most likely candidate for the post of First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, while Union called national forces to detect candidate for the Presidency of the Council of Representatives for discussion by others, he stressed the importance of resolving the presidency of the parliament and the republic to have them the authority of the current government expired, and ensure asylum for them in the absence of finding an alternative to the owners, and called for political blocs to "a little patience" until the resolution of this file "complex."

    A spokesman for the coalition of citizen eloquent Abu Galal, said in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The National Alliance discussed in recent days, candidates for the post of First Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives," noting that "Hamoudi, a leader of the Islamic Supreme Council, headed by Ammar al-Hakim , was the luckiest of them for the job. "

    Abu Galal promised, that "the resolution of the National Union of Forces candidate for the Presidency of the Council of Representatives is a positive development," adding, "But it is necessary to declare this candidate to be discussed by the components of the National Alliance and the Kurdistan Alliance on display."

    And saw a spokesman for the National Alliance, that "the final disposition of the candidates of the three presidencies should be in the parliament", recognizing that "the National Alliance is facing difficulties on finding a suitable replacement for the premiership, but he is moving ahead in this direction, and whether so-called alternative or not."

    The Abu Galal, that "with the Union of the national forces and the Kurdistan Alliance fears of the possibility of not finding an alternative to the owners," and expressed concern that "lead them into the unknown."

    The spokesman for a coalition of citizens that "the interest of everyone named head of the House of Representatives and his deputies and the President to have the authority to the current government expired, and ensure recourse to Parliament in the absence of finding an alternative to the owners," stressing that "the alternative is coming and the other political forces to be patient a little until this matter is resolved once and complex. "

    A spokesman for the coalition united for reform, Dhafer al-Ani, announced first on Wednesday, (the eighth of July 2014 present), about the readiness of the Federation of national powers to choose its candidate for the presidency of the parliament before the session next Sunday (the 13th of July present), and expected to choose Salim al for the job Being a "front-runner", and called on other blocks to resolve their candidates for the rest of the three presidencies that before the parliamentary session.

    The president of a coalition of state law, Nuri al-Maliki, new in (the fourth of July 2014 present), adherence to the nomination for a third term, amid worsening opposition to the majority of political forces Therefore, most notably the Sadrists, and a coalition of citizens, and the Kurdistan Alliance and the Sunni Arab blocs, as well as a coalition of national leadership Iyad Allawi, to do so.

    It is noteworthy that the National Alliance, a parliamentary blocs, the largest, has failed so far to choose its candidate to head the next government, amid worsening differences between components on more worthy than others in the job, amid confirmation actors in it, the need to undergo a candidate for "compatibility and acceptability" within the coalition in the national space.

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    NPR AUDIO REPORT ON MALIKI - FROM ONE OF HIS FORMER ASSOCIATES - ALI KHEDERY

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    Iraqi Prime Minister Faces Growing Pressure To Step Down
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    Steve Inskeep talks to Ali Khedery, who used to support Nouri al-Maliki. Khedery, head of the Dubai-based Dragoman Partners, thinks al-Maliki should step down because of the extremist crisis in Iraq.

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    How are you makin it?? I am adding a date to archive..Friday, July 11, 2014

    I have again waited a little while before I send out a note…

    I want everyone to breathe. We are coming to an end now with the GOI getting formed…. We have been waiting for the GOI to form and it has taken every bit of patience that I can muster to let this thing happen.

    Question 1 is Maliki Out…….. up until now he has been fighting to remain part of the GOI but because of the last thing that he did to remain Prime Minister – Like tell his generals to leave their post and let the militants over run them… Yes, the fighting in Iraq going on right now is because of Maliki so Maliki will not be part of the GOI or even any position… Will he fight up to the last minute Yes Yes Yes…… but in the end it will not matter…..

    Question 2 who will be the PM?……It will either be Chalibi or Mahdi either one for us is fine….. we should know for sure in about a day……..

    Question 3 could it take longer for the PM to be seating….. Yes…but we do not think so, if you listen to all the news the GOI will be formed by the first…

    Question 4 will the fighting stop the RV……. It has nothing to do with RV the money was only an issue if the US had troops that the militants could use the money to buy weapons against them….

    I left the questions on the this note from the last note to let you know we are still in the same position.

    QUIT LOOKING FOR A DATE TO BE DONE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE AND BECAUSE IT IS A POLITICAL PROCESS NO ONE CAN GIVE YOU AN EXACT DATE. EVEN ME.... SO QUIT LOOKING TO BE DONE BY DATE.... THAT BEING SAID....

    Iraq will have to show their GOI before to long.... the last time they did this forming of a GOI after the election it went to the first of December... so I am showing you the time does not matter to them...... Will it take that long this time? I am this is opinion - do not think the pressure on Iraq to form a GOI will let them go that long.... and they are still broke and cannot pay anyone....

    I will give an example - In an article there were 3 nurses in Mosul who have been working for the GOI of Iraq for 6 months and the government of Iraq is already behind paying them 3 months..... that is just 3 nurses... can you imagine the military and police.... so Iraq is under pressure there too....

    People seem to want to give up on this investment and at times I am frustrated..... but it would take the atomic bomb to get me to leave what I know is the truth coming.... if you want to get out then this investment was not for you....

    If you are one of the ones who sees the violence and says this will never happen.... YOU are among the ones who has not a clue on the purpose of the RV and the fact they have been in this same situation since Sadam Hussein. and the Rate was 2.65 so it has not one thing to do with currency.....

    Maliki will need 167 votes from parliament to remain as the PM, and right now he has 65 and that is all he can get.... If he went back and got his whole SOL (state of Law) that is only 92 and for him to get a majority he would have to get Barzani who hates him, Sadr who says he would just see him dead as pm, and Allawi group who Maliki chased around the county trying to kill him...

    One more thing when it comes to what dinar dealers do when they exchange please call them. I have not even asked about any cash outs because when it happens I will have plenty of time after……..Do not get Cart before the horse.

    I will pray that all who read this have patience and peace so that they can do what it takes to continue to fight the good fight....

    Breathe…

    Check www.cbi.iq every day to see if it has changed… do not be fooled just check the CBI

    Do not let your emotions get to you.

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    Re: " The Dinar Daily ", Friday, 11 July 2014

    Zebari: Kurds stopped their participation in the government completely
    02:57:11 / 07/2014


    Khandan - The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, the political bloc of Kurdish stopped completely participation in government in protest against the remarks of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Zebari said in remarks to the agency "Reuters" on Friday that "political bloc Kurdish stopped completely participation in government in protest against the remarks of the President Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in which he said that the Kurds hosting terrorists in Arbil, "stressing that" the Kurds stopped their work in the government. " Zebari said that ministers of the Kurds fail now for managing the daily affairs of his ministry and the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Immigration and the Ministry of Health and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.


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    Re: " The Dinar Daily ", Friday, 11 July 2014

    Buffy: Maliki launched accusations against the Kurdistan unemployment because he felt that he is out of power


    11:19:11 / 07/2014

    Khandan - The leader of the Kurdistan Alliance Hamid Buffy the accusations made ​​by the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region of harboring insurgents and Baathists void, noting that al-Maliki called the charges because he felt that he is out of power. explained Buffy in a statement received "Khandan" a copy of it, that "al-Maliki when he These accusations against the Kurdistan region, as if put himself today outside the political process and power because of the refusal of the political blocs to renew his mandate, including the blocks of the National Alliance, who are describe him as singularly in power and that it is desirable for the administration of Iraq and take over as prime minister again. " added Buffy that Maliki "has failed in the management of the country for the past eight years, and was himself holds all government positions, military, security, and despite the fact that the money that has been spent on the armed forces and security services until today more than one hundred seventy billion dollars, but these forces collapsed, I've collapsed the army, which numbering about 200 000 officer and a soldier in front of a group of gunmen at about several hundred or even a thousand people had entered from Syria to Iraq. " And that "a must for any national government comes to the decline of this situation and that the charge is responsible for that, no doubt primarily responsible for this is Mr. Nuri al-Maliki , I see that his fate will be the fate of any tyrant or dictator has squandered money the country did not adhere to the Constitution and exceeded the powers and suppression of freedoms, has targeted all the components of the Iraqi people and the repression of the people of Ramadi and Fallujah, and the suppression of the Sadrists in Basra and threatened the people of Kurdistan with weapons. "

    He continued by saying: "Therefore I see Maliki was tense nerves were not able to control the balance because of the feeling that day outside the political process and to know that he must be tried on what was released from violations of the constitution and abuses of public funds, and here it is no longer distinguish between right and wrong Fozaa accusations on everyone and take it all opponents terrorists and Baathists and infidels and Doaash, while most of the Baathists are around him from comrades and comrades Baathists veteran, perhaps for those role in misleading and directed toward the wrong even back Baathists back to power. " and between Buffy that "al-Maliki sees the same day it ended and Pat outside the political process, so these false accusations it was issued in a time when the situation of difficult psychological, missed the Kurdistan region of these accusations false, while Arbil, home to one in which everyone from the Sunnis, Shiites and Christians, Mandaeans and all the components of Iraq, there are more than 1.25 million from refugees fleeing from the hot spots, it is not unreasonable to be all of these refugee families terrorist, and any government that will come will be held accountable Maliki has also comes to Arbil. "


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    Re: " The Dinar Daily ", Friday, 11 July 2014

    Supreme Council: we do not have evidence of Daash in Arbil
    10:53:11 / 07/2014

    Khandan - Ali Naji confirmed the Islamic Supreme Council does not possess evidence or documents show that the Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, it became the haven for terrorists, as the head of the federal government Nuri al-Maliki. said the leader of the Supreme Council - a member of the delegation negotiating Fadi Al-Shammari in a statement to "Khandan "The Supreme Council does not have concrete evidence indicates that Erbil has become a haven for elements Daash or others, adding that the Supreme Council reticent to fight political partners. said Shammari that the National Alliance needs to be strong partners within the principle of partnership mighty, pointing out that the process of breaking the bone either with Arbil or with House Sunni harm Iraq. was Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, has said he can not be tolerated that the Arbil-based to Daash and terrorists, also called for stopping the operations room located in Erbil and off the presence of criminals of hardened Baathists and al-Qaeda and extremist groups.

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    FROM THE KRG SITE: Kurdistan Region Presidency responds to Nouri al-Maliki's accusati

    FROM THE KRG SITE: Kurdistan Region Presidency responds to Nouri al-Maliki's accusations

    FRI, 11 JUL 2014 12:45 | KRP.org




    Salahaddin, Kurdistan (KRP.org) – The Spokesperson of the Kurdistan Region Presidency responded to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s accusation against the KRG.

    “He [Nouri al-Maliki] has become hysterical and has lost his balance. He is doing everything he can to justify his failures and put the blame on others for these failures,” read the statement.

    The Spokesperson added that Erbil, which Maliki has accused of harboring terrorists, has always been a refuge for the oppressed, including Nouri al-Maliki himself.

    “Kurdistan is proud of the fact that Erbil has always served as refuge for oppressed people, including yourself when you fled the former dictatorship. Now Erbil is a refuge for people fleeing from your dictatorship. ISIS and other groups have no place in Erbil, they stay with you. It was you who gave Iraqi land and the assets of six army divisions to ISIS.”

    The statement demanded that the Prime Minister apologize to the Iraqi people and step down. “You must apologize to the Iraqi people and step down. You have destroyed the country and someone who has destroyed the country cannot save the country from crises.”


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    Re: " The Dinar Daily ", Friday, 11 July 2014

    Decisions of the Council of Ministers Session No. 27 in 10/07/2014



    07/10/2014 16:00


    Cabinet held its regular twenty-seventh in Baghdad (Thursday, July 10, 2014) under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, issued by the Council and the following decisions:

    1 - Council of Ministers decided to instruct the Foreign Ministry summoned the staff of the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in London who demonstrated there, demanding the secession of the province of Kurdistan from Iraq to the ministry's headquarters and interrogated in the case of having committed an act pretending to apply the penalty of dismissal or insulation against them, each according to the gravity do to the fact that the said act of serious crime, a crime of disloyalty to the state and the nation, and in the case of non-compliance by the employee to return to the headquarters of the ministry decision taken center stage for his dismissal from a job.

    2 - approving the recommendation of the Committee on Economic Affairs establishment of ministries and government agencies to pay the wages of all electricity only (out of debt), or exempt from payment of the benefits of it until 01/06/2014, according to the Financial Administration Act and the public debt.

    3 - approving the recommendation of the Committee on Economic Affairs, on the exception of medicines and medical products just announced that the estimated cost of Mnashye be universal and reliable sources.

    4 - approving the recommendation of the Committee on Economic Affairs, on the Ministry of Finance to allocate funds necessary for the purpose of compensating the peasants, that the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works and the Municipality of Baghdad regardless dues covered so after the verification and approval of the disbursement, according to the Council of Ministers Resolution No. (428) for the year 2011 .

    5 - approve the minutes of the meeting of the Compensation Committee No. (12) held on 06.23.2014 on the approval of the allocation of the amount of $ (1,000,000,000) dinars, only billion dinars from the allocations committee for the reconstruction of Tuz spend to displaced families to secure supplies of essential and rate of amount of ( 500,000) Dinars, only five hundred thousand dinars for each displaced family.

    6 - to approve an exception rent steamers affiliated to the Ministry of Transportation / General Company for Maritime Transport of the measures stipulated in the law on the sale and lease of state property (21) for the year 2013, so as to check the status (necessary) set forth in Article 40 of the law above.


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    KRG: Oilfields Takeover Was to Secure Them from Iraqi Sabotage

    KRG: Oilfields Takeover Was to Secure Them from Iraqi Sabotage
    By RUDAW


    The KRG defended its move of taking over the oil facilities, saying that it had been built and paid for by the Kurdish government.


    ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdish Peshmerga forces moved into the Bai Hassan and Makhmur oilfields on Friday morning “to secure the oilfields after learning of orders by officials in the federal Ministry of Oil in Baghdad to sabotage the recent mutually-agreed pipeline infrastructure linking the Avana dome with the Khurmala field,” said Kurdistan’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR).



    “The nearby Bai Hassan field and the other fields located in Makhmour district are now safely under KRG management. The KRG expects production at these fields to continue normally. Staff at the North Oil Company that previously operated these fields have been informed that from tomorrow they will be expected to cooperate with KRG management. Those who do not want to do so can leave,” said the MNR in a statement.



    The MNR statement said that the new pipeline linking Khurmala with Avana was designed and constructed with the express purpose of facilitating export from the Makhmour, Avana and Kirkuk area fields through the KRG pipeline network to help increase revenues for Iraqis, at a time of great need and at a time when most of the Iraq-Turkey pipeline is under ISIS control.



    The KRG defended its move of taking over the oil facilities, saying that it had been built and paid for by the Kurdish government.



    “However, the KRG learned on Thursday that some officials in the federal Ministry of Oil gave orders to a number of NOC staff to cease their cooperation with the KRG and to dismantle or render inoperable the valves on the new pipeline,” read the statement.



    The MNR explained in the statement that “The Avana and Makhmour fields have been unable to export since March because the main Iraq-Turkey pipeline has been damaged by terrorist attacks.”



    Kurdish authorities feared damages to the Bai Hassan and other fields after Iraqi Jets bombed the Gayara oil refinery near Mosul on Thursday to drive out militants of the Islamic State (IS).



    Kurdish forces moved into Kirkuk and other areas outside their formal borders last month to fill the security vacuum left by retreating Iraqi troops. The KRG said the advance had been to prevent Islamic State (IS) extremists from wresting control of the oil-rich provinces.



    The Bai Hassan oil fields, 55 kilometers northwest of the city of Kirkuk, produce nearly 195,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). The fields have strategic importance for the KRG because they are connected by pipeline to Kurdistan’s own independent oil pipeline in Khurmala, near Erbil.



    The Kurdish takeover of the fields follows a series of tit-for-tat measures between Baghdad and Erbil. On Thursday, Baghdad slapped a ban on cargo flights flying into the Kurdistan Region, after Kurdish ministers in the Iraqi cabinet announced they would boycott government proceedings to protest statements by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who accused Erbil of harboring extremists.



    The Iraqi oil ministry warned the Kurds of serious consequences over the oil fields, calling the move illegal.



    "The oil ministry strongly warns the Kurdistan Region of the seriousness of this irresponsible behavior,” it said, calling it “an encroachment on the Constitution and the national wealth.”



    The MNR said that they have plans for the use of the new oilfields they took over on Friday.



    “From now on, production at the new fields under KRG control will be used primarily to fill the shortage of refined products in the domestic market. This will ease the burden on ordinary citizens caused by the failure of the federal authorities to protect the country's vital oil infrastructure in the region,” said the MNR statement.



    In January Baghdad froze Erbil’s share of the national budget, putting the KRG under strain. Now however, Erbil says that revenue from the new oilfields will “make up for the huge financial deficit triggered by the illegal withholding of the KRG’s 17 percent share of the federal budget by Baghdad.”


    https://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/110720141

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    Baghdad Lashes Out After Kurdish Forces Move into Two Oilfields
    By RUDAW

    Kirkuk oilfields.

    ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdish Peshmerga forces moved into the Bai Hassan and Kirkuk oilfields, Iraq’s oil ministry said in an angry statement that accused the Kurds of kicking out Arab workers at the site, as a bitter feud between Erbil and Baghdad threatened to spin out of control.



    The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) did not deny sending Peshmerga forces into the two oil fields, but rejected it had kicked out Arab workers.



    The oil ministry in Baghdad said that Peshmerga forces entered production facilities at the twin sites at dawn on Friday.



    "The armed forces of the Peshmerga, accompanied by a number of civilians, entered the production facilities at the Kirkuk and Bai Hassan fields at dawn today and expelled the workers at those sites," said a statement posted by the Iraqi oil ministry.



    Kurdish forces moved into Kirkuk and other areas outside their formal borders last month to fill the security vacuum left by retreating Iraqi troops. The KRG said the advance had been to prevent Islamic State (IS) extremists from wresting control of the oil-rich provinces.



    The Bai Hassan oil fields, 55 kilometers northwest of the city of Kirkuk, produce nearly 195,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). The fields have strategic importance for the KRG because they are connected by pipeline to Kurdistan’s own independent oil pipeline in Khurmala, near Erbil.



    The KRG, cash-strapped since Baghdad stopped paying running expenses to the government in Erbil several months ago, has vowed to double oil exports within months, aiming to use the revenues to pay civil servants who have gone without pay for the six months that the feud has endured.



    The Kurdish takeover of the fields follows a series of tit-for-tat measures between Baghdad and Erbil. On Thursday, Baghdad slapped a ban on cargo flights flying into the Kurdistan Region, after Kurdish ministers in the Iraqi cabinet announced they would boycott government proceedings to protest statements by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who accused Erbil of harboring extremists.



    All day-to-day work between Baghdad and Erbil has reportedly come to a halt. The Kurds have threatened to declare independence as Iraq tears apart under a jihad-led insurgency and Sunni rebellion.



    The Iraqi oil ministry warned the Kurds of serious consequences over the oil fields, calling the move illegal.



    "The oil ministry strongly warns the Kurdistan Region of the seriousness of this irresponsible behavior,” it said, calling it “an encroachment on the Constitution and the national wealth.”



    It appealed on the Peshmerga forces to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Iraqi security forces against an advance by jihadi-led insurgents, and to withdraw from the fields.



    "The Ministry of Oil appeals to the wise Kurdish brothers of the need to understand the seriousness of the situation and to instruct those responsible for this uncontrolled action to withdraw forces from these oil fields,” the statement said. It called on the Peshmerga to “evacuate immediately to avoid serious consequences."



    In response to the Iraqi statement, KRG spokesman Safeen Dizayee denied that Arab workers at the site had been singled out. “It is not us who pursue a chauvinistic policy, we never do that.”

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    Re: " The Dinar Daily ", Friday, 11 July 2014

    Kurdish regional government calls on al-Maliki to step down



    By Alissa J. Rubin and Alan Cowell | NEW YORK TIMES JULY 11, 2014

    Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
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    Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
    BAGHDAD — The Kurdish regional government responded Thursday to harsh criticism from Iraq’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, announcing that its ministers would boycott Cabinet meetings, demanding an apology to the Iraqi people and calling on al-Maliki to step down.

    The political fissure was exacerbated after al-Maliki on Wednesday accused the Kurds of turning their regional capital into the headquarters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, as well as harboring members of the Baath Party of former President Saddam Hussein and other opponents of the Iraqi government.


    The Iraqi government halted all cargo flights to Kurdistan on Thursday, said Capt. Nasser al-Bandar, the head of civil aviation in the Iraqi government. Kurdistan had responded by halting its cargo flights to Baghdad, he said.

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    Rebels seize ‘low grade’ nuclear material in Iraq
    Iraq has also notified the United Nations that Sunni militants from ISIL had seized nuclear material from a university in the northern city of Mosul last month as they advanced toward Baghdad, the nuclear regulatory body of the U.N. said Thursday.

    Gill Tudor, a spokeswoman for the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is based in Vienna, said in a statement that the organization’s experts believed that the material — thought to be uranium — was “low grade and would not present a significant safety, security or nuclear proliferation risk.”

    Word of the seizure first emerged in a letter to the U.N. dated Tuesday and seen by reporters from Reuters, which quoted it as saying that “terrorists” from ISIL had taken control of the materials.

    The letter said that almost 90 pounds of uranium compounds had been kept at the university and that the materials “can be used in manufacturing weapons of mass destruction,” Reuters said.


    But the theft has not caused alarm in the safeguards division of the IAEA in Vienna, said a diplomat there who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide information considered sensitive.

    “This seems to be a re-agent used in teaching,” the diplomat said, adding that it was a relatively small amount of material that could “fit in a bucket.”

    The mention of such weapons resonates in Iraq, where the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 was justified in Washington and London by assertions that Saddam Hussein, the leader at the time, had acquired weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found by the invading forces.

    In her statement on Thursday, Tudor said that the atomic energy agency “is aware of the notification from Iraq and is in contact to seek further details.”

    She said experts did not believe that the material could be fashioned into a weapon.

    “Nevertheless,” the statement said, “any loss of regulatory control over nuclear and other radioactive materials is a cause for concern.”

    Al-Maliki, the Iraqi leader, had asked the Kurds on Wednesday to “stop the operations room for ISIS,” using another acronym for the group. He implied that the Kurds had assisted the Sunni militants who swept into northern Iraq and seized territory in June, saying that the government had “diagnosed the internal and external parties who supported the conspiracy that took place in Iraq.”

    Kurdistan is a semiautonomous region encompassing three provinces in northern Iraq. The Kurds are represented in the Iraqi Parliament and hold offices in the Shiite-led national government, including president, foreign minister, trade minister and health minister. However, they also have their own Parliament and regional government, and have foreign missions in several countries.

    “He has become hysterical and has lost his balance,” the Kurdish president, Massoud Barzani, said in a statement, referring to al-Maliki. “He is doing everything he can to justify his failures and put the blame on others.”

    Many Iraqis believe that the Kurds used the push by ISIL — and the ensuing security vacuum after many Iraqi government troops fled the fighting — to seize control of the oil-rich Kirkuk region, as well as towns in the northern part of Diyala province and a number of border villages where there are substantial Kurdish-speaking populations. The Kurds believe that these areas are part of their domain.

    The back and forth is also part of a risky political calculation by al-Maliki and Barzani that each will garner points with his own loyalists by criticizing the other. Many Shiites feel betrayed by the Kurds after their seizure of Kirkuk and other border areas, and support al-Maliki’s accusations.

    For their part, the Kurds believe that they are part of a movement to remove al-Maliki and that the tough talk will rally his opponents as well as reinforce the Kurdish position on Kirkuk.

    Relations between the Iraqi central government and the Kurdish region have been deteriorating for months, with the central government refusing to pay salaries of Kurdish government employees because the Kurds have been trying to export oil independently.

    In his statement, Barzani’s office noted that the Kurdish region and its capital, Irbil, had once been a haven for al-Maliki, and said it was al-Maliki who had ceded ground to the ISIL militants, not the Kurds. However, many opponents of the al-Maliki government have also found refuge in Kurdistan, including many Sunnis who are insisting that al-Maliki, a Shiite, step down.

    “Kurdistan is proud that Irbil has always served as a refuge for oppressed people, including yourself when you fled the former dictatorship,” the statement said. “Now Irbil is a refuge for people fleeing from your dictatorship.”

    A former speaker for the Kurdish Parliament in Irbil, Abdul Salam Barwari, expressed the long-held frustration of Kurds and Sunnis with al-Maliki’s policies, which they regard as discriminatory.

    “We have sacrificed to hold Iraq together, while he breaks it apart,” he said.


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